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USDA stands for U.S. Department of Agriculture and is a federal agency that Abraham Lincoln founded in 1862. The USDA is responsible for overseeing farming, ranching, and forestry industries, as well as regulating aspects of food quality and safety and nutrition labeling.

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1940s: A Guide to Good Eating (Basic Seven)
• Foundation diet for nutrient adequacy
• Included daily number of servings needed from each of seven food groups.
• Lacked specific serving sizes
• Considered complex

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Since 1942, the food guide has been transformed many times—it has adopted new names, new looks, and new messages, yet has never wavered from its original purpose of guiding food selection and promoting the nutritional health of Canadians.

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1916 to 1930s: "Food for Young Children" and "How to Select Food"
• Established guidance based on food groups and household measures
• Focus was on "protective foods"

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1956 to 1970s: Food for Fitness, A Daily Food Guide (Basic Four)
• Foundation diet approach-goals for nutrient adequacy
• Specified amounts from four food groups
• Did not include guidance on appropriate fats, sugars, and calorie intake.

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1984- Food Wheel: A Pattern for Daily Food Choices

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1984- Food Wheel: A Pattern for Daily Food Choices

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• Total diet approach-Included goals for both nutrient adequacy and
moderation
• Five food groups and amounts formed the basis for the Food Guide
Pyramid
• Daily amounts of food provided at three calorie levels
. First illustrated for a Red Cross nutrition course as a food wheel

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• Total diet approach-goals for both nutrient adequacy and moderation
• Developed using consumer research, to bring awareness to the new food
patterns
• Illustration focused on concepts of variety, moderation, and proportion
• Included visualization of added fats and sugars throughout five food
groups and in the tip
• Included range for daily amounts of food across three calorie

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1979:
• Developed after the 1977 Dietary Goals for the United States
were released
• Based on the Basic Four, but also included a fifth group to
highlight the need to moderate intake of fats, sweets, and
alcohol.

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DONE BY: GHALA ALI + MOHAMMAD MALIK + IHAB (GRADE 12- CLASS 5)

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DONE BY: GHALA ALI + MOHAMMAD MALIK + IHAB (GRADE 12- CLASS 5)